French salmonella baby milk scandal ‘affects 83 countries’

More than 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk have now been recalled in 83 countries in a salmonella scandal involving French company Lactalis, reports BBC. The dairy firm’s CEO, Emmanuel Besnier, confirmed the extent of the contamination risk to French media. The products have been subject to a recall since December, after salmonella bacteria […]

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AIIB, ADB to co-finance more projects this year: ADB president

MANILA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao said on Friday that ADB and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are exploring to co-finance several development projects this year. “We have been cooperating well,” Nakao told Xinhua at the ADB headquarters in Manila. Nakao said he met with AIIB officials […]

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Nearly half a million children being vaccinated against diphtheria in Cox’s Bazar

DHAKA, Jan. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 14 January 2018 – As part of an intensified response to the current diphtheria outbreak, WHO, UNICEF and health sector partners are working with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to vaccinate more than 475,000 children in Rohingya refugee camps, temporary settlements and surrounding areas. […]

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3 militants dead as Bangladeshi elite force storm hideout near PM office

DHAKA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — Three militants were killed on Friday morning in a raid launched by Bangladesh’s anti-crime elite force on a militant hideout near Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s office in capital Dhaka. Anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General Benzir Ahmed confirmed the death of three militants. “Bodies of three militants […]

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Row over Trump’s mental health divides US

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/7 22:33:39 In his new book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, Michael Wolff portrays US President Donald Trump as a person with mental health issues. Quoting people like former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, the book shows Trump as impatient, unable to grasp policy, prone to rambling and […]

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Beijing’s new airport starts taking shape

‍Work has begun on internal decorations and equipment installation at Beijing’s new airport after the terminal building was sealed on New Year’s Eve. The project, which is being built at an estimated cost of 80 billion yuan (12.3 billion US dollars), will be one of the world’s largest airports when it opens in September 2019. […]

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Chinese Power Giant NEPC Set Up Office in Dhaka

DHAKA,Jan. 6 ( NsNewsWire) — NEPC, one of the Chinese giant power engineering companies, has set up its office in the capital with a long term plan to penetrate Bangladesh market through setting up more power stations as well as importing power generation oriented machineries and equipment. NEPC (China Energy Engineering Group Northeast No. 1 […]

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First look at GC2018 athletics track

Gold Coast, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — World champion hurdler Sally Pearson and decathlete Cedric Dubler got their first look at the newly laid athletics track at Carrara Stadium with only three months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Pearson is gunning for a third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the […]

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